1925 Chicago Bears season

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1925 Chicago Bears season
Head Coach George Halas
Home Field Wrigley Field
Results
Record 9-5-3
Place 7th NFL
Playoff Finish
Timeline
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1924 1926

The 1925 Chicago Bears season was their sixth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 9-5-3 record under head coach George Halas earning them a seventh place finish in the team standings, their worst showing to that date. However, the 1925 Bears were the most notable team in the young NFL's history to that point -- all because of the addition of college star Red Grange. The Bears started slow, just like in 1924, starting the season with two ties and a loss to Green Bay Packers (the Packers first win ever over the Bears). The Bears regrouped, however, and won 6 of their next 7. More importantly, the college season ended in mid-November and the Bear's owner Halas signed Grange. Grange was under contract but did not play on 22 November as the Bears defeated the Packers in a rematch. When Grange did suit up for his first game on Thanksgiving Day against the Cardinals, an estimated 39,000 showed up to see a 0-0 tie. (A large crowd at that time was about 10,000 fans and most games had less than 5,000 paying customers). The was just the beginning of 7 games in 18 days for Grange and the Bears, most to enormous crowds. Over 70,000 showed up on December 6th to see the Bears beat the Giants at the Polo Grounds -- this was by far the largest crowd to see a professional football team and the gate receipts saved an ailing Giants franchise. By the end of the whirlwind football tour, the Bears were exhausted and feebly dropped their last three games, only scoring 6 points total. Even the lowly Detroit Panthers easily defeated the mighty Bears. Still, Chicago's success spurred by Grange put the NFL on the "map" and may have saved the league from an early demise.

Grange had some success in this season, scoring 3 touchdowns overall. Still, the star of the team was Joe Sternaman who scored 6 touchdowns, threw for 3 more, and added 3 field goals and 18 PATs. Sternaman scored 72 of the Bears 158 points.

Contents

[edit] Future Hall of Fame Players

[edit] Other Leading Players



[edit] Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972

Team W L T PCT
Chicago Cardinals 11 2 1 .846
Pottsville Maroons 10 2 0 .833
Detroit Panthers 8 2 2 .800
New York Giants 8 4 0 .667
Akron Pros 4 2 2 .667
Frankford Yellow Jackets 13 7 0 .650
Chicago Bears 9 5 3 .643
Rock Island Independents 5 3 3 .625
Green Bay Packers 8 5 0 .615
Providence Steam Roller 6 5 1 .545
Canton Bulldogs 4 4 0 .500
Cleveland Bulldogs 5 8 1 .385
Kansas City Cowboys 2 5 1 .286
Hammond Pros 1 4 0 .200
Buffalo Bisons 1 6 2 .143
Duluth Kelleys 0 3 0 .000
Rochester Jeffersons 0 6 1 .000
Milwaukee Badgers 0 6 0 .000
Dayton Triangles 0 7 1 .000
Columbus Tigers 0 9 0 .000

[edit] Season Results

Date Opponent Location Result Score Record
Sep. 20 Rock Island Independents Douglas Park Tie 0-0 0-0-1
Sep.27 Green Bay Packers Green Bay City Stadium Loss 10-14 0-1-1
Oct. 4 Detroit Panthers Navin Field Tie 0-0 0-1-2
Oct. 11 Hammond Pros DePaul Field Win 28-7 1-1-2
Oct. 18 Cleveland Bulldogs Comiskey Park Win 7-0 2-1-2
Oct. 25 Chicago Cardinals Comiskey Park Loss 0-9 2-2-2
Nov. 1 Rock Island Independents Wrigley Field Win 6-0 3-2-2
Nov. 8 Frankford Yellowjackets Wrigley Field Win 19-0 4-2-2
Nov. 15 Detroit Panthers Wrigley Field Win 14-0 5-2-2
Nov. 22 Green Bay Packers Wrigley Field Win 21-0 6-2-2
Nov. 26 Chicago Cardinals Wrigley Field Tie 0-0 6-2-3
Nov. 29 Columbus Tigers Wrigley Field Win 14-13 7-2-3
Dec. 5 Frankford Yellowjackets Shibe Park Win 14-7 8-2-3
Dec. 6 New York Giants Polo Grounds Win 19-7 9-2-3
Dec. 9 Providence Steam Roller Boston Braves Field Loss 6-9 9-3-3
Dec. 12 Detroit Panthers Navin Field Loss 0-21 9-4-3
Dec. 13 New York Giants Wrigley Field Loss 0-9 9-5-3
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